This follows Avient’s recent Gold Rating certification achievement from EcoVadis, a globally renowned sustainability ratings platform, for its commitment to sustainability, ethics, and responsible business practices. In addition, knowledgeable representatives from Avient’s color and additives and specialty engineered materials businesses will be on hand to help customers address application needs, discuss sustainability goals, and leverage extensive material and application knowledge.

Avient’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of Avient and each business segment and to allocate resources. Avient acquired the Clariant Color business on July 1, 2020 (the “Acquisition Date”). Management believes this provides comparability of the performance of the combined businesses.

They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; • The ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies, retain relationships with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our earnings; • Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; • Our ability to achieve new business gains; • The effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; • Changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; • Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; • Fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; • Unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; • An inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; • Information systems failures and cyber attacks; • Our ability to continue to pay regular cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; and • Other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation  PolyOne’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources.

Loss on sale of business, net of tax Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired PolyOne Corporation Business Segment Operations (Unaudited) (In millions)

They are based on management's expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired PolyOne Corporation Business Segment Operations (Unaudited) (In millions)

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MSC Certificate Place and date: For the issuing office: Shanghai, 10 October 2024 DNV - Business Assurance Building 9, No. 1591 Hongqiao Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China 200336 Zhu Hai Ming Management Representative Lack of fulfilment of conditions as set out in the Certification Agreement may render this Certificate invalid. ACCREDITED UNIT: DNV Business Assurance B.V., Zwolseweg 1, 2994 LB, Barendrecht, Netherlands - TEL: +31(0)102922689. www.dnv.com/assurance MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CERTIFICATE Certificate no.: 3033-2006-AQ-RGC-RvA Initial certification date: 07 November 2018 Valid: 08 November 2024 – 07 November 2027 This is to certify that the management system of Polyone - Shenzhen Co., Ltd. No. 1, Qihang Industry Park, Haoxiang Road, Shajing Town, Baoan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518104 has been found to conform to the Quality Management System standard: GB/T 19001-2016 / ISO 9001:2015 This certificate is valid for the following scope: Development and Manufacture of Masterbatch, Pigment Concentration, Plastisol; Manufacture of Plastic Compounding Material http://www.dnv.com/assurance 证书制作地点及日期: 证书认可签发机构: 上海, 2024年10月 10日 DNV - Business Assurance 中国上海市长宁区虹桥路1591号9号楼A座 邮编: 200336 电话: +86 21 32799000 朱海明 管理代表 未履行认证协议中规定条款会导致此证书失效，获证组织必须定期接受监督审核并经审核合格此证书方继续有效。

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They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements.  PolyOne’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources. Appendix Q3 2014 Financial Highlights At a Glance�Global Color, Additives and Inks At a Glance�Global Specialty Engineered Materials At a Glance�Designed Structures and Solutions At a Glance�Performance Products and Solutions At a Glance�Distribution Plastics: Key to Future Sustainable Development Commitment to Operational Excellence Application Examples Slide Number 28 Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions 2012 Range Rover Evoque Interior Slide Number 31 Metal Replacement Solutions Next Generation Solar Charger High-Barrier Packaging Containers Aerospace Applications Non GAAP Rec - 11 5 14.pdf Sidoti & Company non-GAAP Rec